page_title: Francis Charteris (rake)
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Francis Charteris (rake) / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: en:Sally Salisbury, celebrated London prostitute of the early 18th century
context_page_description: Colonel Francis Charteris, nicknamed "The Rape-Master General", was a Scottish soldier and adventurer who earned a substantial sum of money through gambling and the South Sea Bubble. He was convicted of raping a servant in 1730 and sentenced to death, but was subsequently pardoned, before dying of natural causes shortly afterwards.
context_section_description: Charteris married Helen Swinton, the daughter of Alexander Swinton, Lord Mersington; their daughter Janet married James Wemyss, 5th Earl of Wemyss, in 1720, and his grandson, Francis Wemyss Charteris, 7th Earl of Wemyss, adopted his mother's maiden name in 1732 when he inherited his grandfather's estates.
caption: Charteris' mistress, prostitute Sally Salisbury
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